TBS gets big audience for tiebreaker game

Despite an early start time, the American League Central tiebreaker Tuesday night on TBS earned a 4.2 household rating, representing 6.54 million viewers. That’s a 57 percent increase in audience size of last year’s Twins-White Sox play-in game.

The game began at 5 p.m., and TBS stayed on the air until 10 for the 12-inning 6-5 Twins victory. The audience grew as the game went on, peaking at 11.4 million from 9:30 to 9:45 p.m. EDT.